Coyotes and Canaries : Characters Who Made the West Wild and Wonderful!

by Brown, Larry K.

• ISBN13: 9780931271694
• ISBN10: 093127169X
• Edition: Limited
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: High Plains Pr

Summary

Coyotes & Canaries delves into the lives of some of the most intriguing historical figures in Wyoming--indeed in all the West. Author Larry Brown introduces us to such characters as Lou Polk and Dell Burke, soiled doves who not only survived but prospered; Ella "Cattle Kate" Watson who, due to the greed of others, died at the end of a rope; writer Owen Wister; suffragette and historian Grace Raymond Hebard; artist Juan Menchaca; world champion saddle bronc rider Jackson Sundown; Wild West hero "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and many more. Includes chapters on 48 of Wyoming's most colorful and intriguing historic figures. Many photos.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(11)
Governor Michael J. ``Mike'' Sullivan
Preface	11	(3)
Author's Note on Sources	14	(3)
Louella Polk: A Nose for Trouble	17	(15)
Charles M. Adams: The Masked Rider of Laramie Peak	32	(5)
Allen T. True: A True Tribute to the West	37	(4)
John C. Thompson: In Old Wyoming	41	(5)
Heart Mountain Internees: Stitches of Truth	46	(4)
Frank Meanea: ``Meanie'' Made the Best	50	(4)
Juan Menchaca: Menchaca Made Miniatures	54	(3)
Thomas Molesworth: Molesworth Furniture, the Best in the West	57	(4)
Jackson Sundown: Earth Left by Setting Sun	61	(4)
Ellen ``Cattle Kate'' Watson: Judge Only after Walking in Her Moccasins	65	(6)
Tom Horn: Killing Men Was His Specialty	71	(4)
Frank S. Lusk: Basket of Dreams	75	(4)
Cheyenne Indians Baseball Team: Their Lives Were a Game	79	(4)
Chinese Miners: There's No Good Time for a Terrible Tale	83	(3)
Martha Wellnitz: Quilter Lived in Wyoming Capitol Basement	86	(3)
Sewell Newhouse: Tip Your Topper to the Trappers	89	(3)
Shoshone Chief Washakie: Deer-hide Drama Depicts Daring Deeds	92	(5)
John C. Coble: Shootin' the Bull in the Old Cheyenne Club	97	(4)
Grace Raymond Hebard: A Source and Subject of Wyoming History	101	(5)
John A. Feick: More Than a Cup of History	106	(4)
Joseph Elam Stimson: He Captured the West with His Camera	110	(4)
Owen Wister: Wister Wrote the West	114	(4)
Charles E. Miller: Ice and Water Brought Him Down	118	(26)
Wyoming Girl Guard: They Stepped in Time	144	(3)
Governor John A. Campbell: Friend of Feminists Everywhere	147	(3)
Alexander Hamilton Swan: King of the Cattle Barons	150	(4)
Dr. Lillian Heath: In the Hands of a Healer	154	(6)
Robert D. Meldrum: The Fine Art of Murder	160	(4)
William F. ``Buffalo Bill'' Cody: The Legends and Life of an American Hero	164	(5)
Luke Voorhees: A Grand, Gilt Life	169	(4)
Verna Keyes: A Bison on Her Banner	173	(3)
Wyoming's Paleo-Indians: ``Spanish Diggings''	176	(3)
James Williams: Escape from the Greybar Hotel	179	(4)
Fred Ells: Sunrise on the Glory Hole	183	(4)
Francis S. Brammar: ``One-Shot'' Brammar	187	(6)
John and Lillie Shangrau: Museum Collection Honors Native Americans	193	(5)
``Big Nose'' George Parrott: Four Times a Loser	198	(4)
Pony Express Riders: Mare Mail	202	(4)
Edwin P. Taylor: Cheyenne's ``Taylor-made'' Fire Department	206	(4)
Walt Lambertsen: ``Gentlemen, Start Your Bugs''	210	(4)
Rose Ecoffy: ``Princess Blue Water,'' Champion for Her People	214	(5)
Governor Mike Sullivan: A Chat with a Hat	219	(4)
Adolph Metzger: The Fetterman Fight: The Making of a Myth	223	(4)
William Jefferson Hardin: Wyoming's First Black Legislator	227	(4)
Justice of the Peace Esther Hobart Morris: Calico Justice in South Pass City	231	(5)
Brigham Young and His Followers: A Tale of Those on the Mormon Trail	236	(6)
Wyoming's First Families: Memories of the Historic Governor's Mansion	242	(5)
Mary Ada Fisher, Aka Dell Burke: ``Lusty Lady of Lusk''	247	(24)
Index	271